Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Kansas City fell 0.0 percentage points in November 2023 to 3.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the Missouri rate. The unemployment rate in Kansas City peaked in April 2020 at 12.4% and is now 9.4 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.4% in May 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.6 percentage points. You can also compare Kansas City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | November 2023 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 3.7% | -0.1 | +0.1 |
Missouri | 3.2% | +0.1 | +0.5 |
Kansas City | 3.0% | 0.0 | +0.3 |
Unemployment Rate: Kansas City, Missouri, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Kansas City, Missouri Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Kansas City peaked in April 2020 at 137,942. There are now 102,443 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 27,430 in June 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 8,069. Kansas City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Kansas City, Missouri) is also available.
Unemployed Persons | November 2023 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Kansas City | 35,499 | +371 | +4,502 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Missouri Unemployment Rate |
Kansas City Unemployment Rate |
Kansas City Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
December 2023 |
3.7% | — | — | — |
November 2023 |
3.7% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 35,499 |
October 2023 |
3.8% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 35,128 |
September 2023 |
3.8% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 33,592 |
August 2023 |
3.8% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 33,236 |
July 2023 |
3.5% | 2.7% | 2.8% | 32,557 |
June 2023 |
3.6% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 33,184 |
May 2023 |
3.7% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 32,389 |
April 2023 |
3.4% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 32,119 |
March 2023 |
3.5% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 31,290 |
February 2023 |
3.6% | 2.6% | 2.7% | 31,112 |
January 2023 |
3.4% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 31,044 |
1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩